Bug#620327: Package: nvidia-kernel-dkms 260.19.44-1

[Alexandr Bravo]

Hello Andreas,

Thanks, but it doesn't help:

# dpkg -l '*nvidia*' | grep ii
ii  libgl1-nvidia-alternatives
260.19.44-1                      simplifies replacing MESA libGL with GPU
vendor libraries
ii  libgl1-nvidia-glx
260.19.44-1                      NVIDIA binary OpenGL libraries
ii  libglx-nvidia-alternatives
260.19.44-1                      simplifies replacing Xorg module libglx.so
with GPU vendor library
ii  nvidia-common
20110213+1                       NVIDIA binary graphics driver support files
ii  nvidia-glx
260.19.44-1                      NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
ii  nvidia-kernel-common
20110213+1                       NVIDIA binary kernel module support files
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms
260.19.44-1                      NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS source
ii  nvidia-kernel-source
260.19.44-1                      NVIDIA binary kernel module source
ii  nvidia-vdpau-driver
260.19.44-1                      NVIDIA vdpau driver

# dpkg-reconfigure  nvidia-kernel-dkms
-------- Uninstall Beginning --------
Module:  nvidia
Version: 260.19.44
Kernel:  2.6.32-5-686 (i686)
-------------------------------------

Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

nvidia.ko:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.

depmod....

DKMS: uninstall Completed.
------------------------------
Deleting module version: 260.19.44
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Loading new nvidia-260.19.44 DKMS files...
Building only for 2.6.32-5-686
Building initial module for 2.6.32-5-686
Done.

nvidia.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/updates/dkms/

depmod....

DKMS: install Completed.

# less /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/modules.dep
...
updates/dkms/nvidia.ko: kernel/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.ko

# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_koi8_r              3978  2
nls_utf8                 908  5
cifs                  235173  9
nvidia               9225131  0
...

#modinfo /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko
alias:          char-major-195-*
supported:      external
license:        NVIDIA
alias:          pci:v000010DEd00000E00sv*sd*bc04sc80i00*
alias:          pci:v000010DEd00000AA3sv*sd*bc0Bsc40i00*
alias:          pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc02i00*
alias:          pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00*
depends:        i2c-core
vermagic:       2.6.32-5-686 SMP mod_unload modversions 686
...

alias:          char-major-195-*  - is this correct?

Xorg doesn't start

Many thanks for your help,
best regards,
  Alexandr

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Andreas Beckmann <debian at abeckmann.de>wrote:

> Please uninstall nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-5-686 (and the other
> nvidia-kernel-* packages can be removed as well).
>
> Thanks.
>
> Andreas
>
>
> The actual bug seems to be that the prebuilt module
>    /lib/modules/`uname -r`/nvidia/nvidia.ko
> takes precedence over the dkms module
>    /lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko
> I need to verify this and see if anything can be improved in that setting.
>
>
> On 2011-04-01 07:52, Alexandr Bravo wrote:
> > Package: nvidia-kernel-dkms 260.19.44-1
> >
> > In testing distribution after last update package nvidia-kernel-dkms
> > 260.19.44-1 produces NVIDIA kernel module with wrong version number
> inside.
> > As a result Xorg can't start with nvidia because old kernel module
> version
> > 195.* mismatches with version 260.* of other packages.
>
> > ii  nvidia-kernel-2.6.30-1-686
> > 185.18.36-2+2.6.30-6             NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux
> > 2.6.30-1-686
> > ii  nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-5-686
> > 195.36.31+2+4+2.6.32-24          NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux
> > 2.6.32-5-686
> > ii  nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-trunk-686
> > 190.53-1+2.6.32-5                NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux
> > 2.6.32-trunk-686
> > ii  nvidia-kernel-common
> > 20110213+1                       NVIDIA binary kernel module support
> files
> > ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms
> > 260.19.44-1                      NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS source
> > ii  nvidia-kernel-source
> > 260.19.44-1                      NVIDIA binary kernel module source
> > # modinfo /lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko
> > filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko
> > alias:          char-major-195-*
> > ...
> >
> > Looks like this string is not ok:  alias:          char-major-195-*
> > I guess it should be 260 there.
>
> No. It's just a coincidence that an old upstream version (195.36.31)
> matches the device major number (which is the same for all driver
> releases).
>
> Andreas
>
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